Doge Charles of Calabria

Doge Charles of Calabria (28 May 1298-9 November 1328) was the Doge of Calabria under the Angevin Kingdom of Naples. The son of King Robert of Naples, he did not succeed his father due to a premature death.

Biography
Charles was born on 28 May 1298, the son of Prince Robert of Naples and Violant of Barcelona. He was the grandson of Charles II of Naples, and he was from the House of Anjou. In 1309, after the death of his grandfather, Charles was appointed as Doge of Calabria by his father when he became the new king of Naples. On 29 August 1315 Charles helped Philip I of Taranto and the Republic of Florence at the Battle of Montecatini against the Republic of Pisa, but the battle was a bad defeat for the Neapolitan-Florentine alliance. He also failed to seize Sicily from his cousin Frederick III of Sicily, and in December 1327 he had to deal with Emperor Louis IV of Germany's invasion of Italy. He died in Naples on 9 November 1328, and his daughter Joanna I of Naples would succeed Robert of Naples after he died in 1343.